As many as 40,088 labourers from Odisha, with the highest from Bolangir district, have migrated to other states for jobs, Labour and ESI Minister Sarada Prasad Nayak said, Thursday.

Justice Fathima Beevi, the first woman judge of the Supreme Court and former Governor of Tamil Nadu, died at a private hospital here Thursday, official sources said. She was 96.

Two terrorists, including a top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander trained in Afghanistan, and a soldier were killed in a gunfight during an operation by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri, Thursday, officials said.

The Election Commission (EC) issued a show-cause notice to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Thursday for his ‘panauti’, ‘pickpocket’ and ‘loan waiver for the super rich’ jibes at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and asked him to respond by Saturday.

The government is planning new regulations that may impose penalties on both creator and platform hosting deepfakes as it looks to clamp down on what IT and Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishaw described as ‘a threat to democracy’.

The Assembly witnessed a ruckus by the opposition parties for the second consecutive day Thursday over the state government’s decision to allow Scheduled Tribe (ST) people to sell their land to non-tribals.

In a landmark achievement, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), under Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India, facilitated the first-ever shipment of cashew nuts from the state of Odisha to Bangladesh.

Ninth edition of the National Children Literary Fest (NCLF) of KIIT International School, Bhubaneswar will be organised from November 25-26.

The state government has sanctioned `42.51 crore for the redevelopment of 26 ancient shrines in Ganjam district, an official said Thursday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said for the first time in the 'Amritkaal' of India's independence, the country has come out of the mentality of slavery and is moving ahead with the feeling of pride for its heritage.

The units of Food Safety and Drugs Authority (FSDA) continue to inspect and seize products after the Uttar Pradesh government banned companies issuing halal certification in the state.

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned actor Prakash Raj for questioning in a money laundering case linked to an alleged Rs 100-crore ponzi and fraud case against a Tiruchirapallibased jewellery group, official sources said Thursday.

A Russian attack using cluster munitions killed three people Thursday in a suburb of Ukraine's southern city of Kherson, a Ukrainian official said, bringing the number of civilians to die in a day of war to at least six.

The 26- year-old Indian doctoral student died after being shot inside a car in the US state of Ohio, in an incident described by his medical university as "sudden, tragic and senseless".

Skipper Suryakumar Yadav shrugged off the disappointment of a World Cup final defeat with a captain’s knock (80, 42b, 9x4, 4x6) but it was Rinku Singh’s composure (22 n o, 14b, 4x4) that took a young Indian team to a thrilling two-wicket victory in the opening T20I here, Thursday. This was India’s highest successful chase in T20Is